I loved this necklace! It is absolutely stunning! My husband purchased it for me for our Anniversary last year and when I received it was blown away by its beauty. It is very expensive but I could see the amount of crystals and workmanship were worth it but in the end I had to return it very reluctantly for 2 very important reasons. First the piece is too heavy!! I am a person who wears big, heavy jewellery but there was no way that I could wear this even for a few minutes without the back digging into my neck and causing severe neck and back pain. Although we sometimes suffer for beauty such as wearing high heels, electrolysis etc.... the second reason was the decision maker because even if I could tolerate the pain there was the possibility of it breaking due to the weight. The back of the necklace which holds all its weight is not made with any more support than any of her other necklaces and yet weighs 10 times as much? I honestly believe it would inevitably break. Again the necklace is stunning and that is why I gave it a 3 star but I don't feel it was made properly due to the closure at the back of the neck which should have in my opinion had at least more than a few strands to support it and in order to have been properly supported it should have had at least another separate closure at the back of the neck. I wish I could have kept it but I felt that for the price I would have been too frightened to even wear it in case it should break . What a shame as for someone who is in the jewellery business for so many years this should have been better thought out. I love HD she makes magnificent pieces and although some pieces are heavy I personally don't mind at all since I feel it is a sign that they are substantial and not flimsy but unfortunately this ones design was just not thought out properly in my opinion. I also wanted to make a note that this piece was also shipped in a box not much bigger than the regular boxes she uses for her other pieces which was needless to say shocking and ridiculous for a piece which is considerably this large and expensive! It was just placed in one of her regular boxes which if you've purchased some of her more substantial pieces will notice are already too small to even fit those ones. I've written numerous reviews requesting this be adjusted since I can't store some of her larger pieces in these small storage boxes. I mean how much does a box cost? Especially after spending this amount of money you would expect to receive a properly sized storage box for it. It took me forever to try to put this piece back in the box in order to ship it back to TSC without fear of damaging it.